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KINEIS-2B

NORAD 62934· COSPAR 2025-028G· Active satellite· Earth Observation· SSO
Launch
Launched on Feb 8, 2025 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A, New Zealand aboard a Electron.
Electron | IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20)
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 03:24 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
CNES
Country
France
Manufacturer
Launched
Feb 8, 2025
Mass
Apogee
656 km
Perigee
652 km
Inclination
97.96°
Period
1.63 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for KINEIS-2B across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.7 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
652 × 656 km
654658651May 29Sep 9
Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-028 (Electron | IoT 4 You and Me (Kinéis 16-20)).

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